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Laurence R. Fyfe
Lawrence Dalzelle Riky Fyfe (4 August 1845 – 9 May 1892) was a British civil servant in the Colonial Secretary's Office in Jamaica who, with Augustus Constantine Sinclair, compiled the annual ''Handbook of Jamaica'', first published in 1881. Together they also produced a number of other works relating to the island of Jamaica. Early life and family Laurence Fyfe was born in Jamaica to Charles Fyfe and Jane Hussey Fyfe, who married in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1837. His father was born in Jamaica in 1810, the son of Lawrence Fyfe, likely a Scottish migrant to Jamaica; while his mother was baptised in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in 1819. Fyfe was educated at the Collegiate School, Jamaica; Dr. Ridgway's School, Exeter; Monsieur Boquets Pension Anderlecht, near Brussels; and at the University of Aberdeen. He married Francis (Fanny or Fannie) Ann Colthirst and they had a son, Laurence Charles Colthirst Fyfe, at Altries Cottage, Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, on 4 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica At The Colonial And Indian Exhibition, London, 1886
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |